Price vs. Cost There is a big difference between Price vs. Cost that is important to communicate when helping a prospect make a buying decision. A price is what you pay.  A cost is the “Total Cost of Ownership” (TCO = Cost) of something.  For example, you can look at…  Read More >

I was recently listening to a podcast which slightly touched upon the topic of prospecting and I thought to share what I typically talk about with my sales teams. Here is the thing – in today’s modern work environment everyone is really busy and sales prospecting is harder than ever. …  Read More >

The Permanent and Unchanging Pillars of a Blueprint for Scaling Sales   Synopsis: In B2B SaaS, there are many commonalities and fundamental consistencies These don’t change much from one B2B SaaS company to another – they are fairly consistent I call them “Sales Pillars” when it comes to the commonalities…  Read More >

I frequently hear a question about what makes someone a good VP of Sales when companies are looking for one.  So below are some of the fundamental attributes of a successful and effective VP of Sales. (And also want to make a point – there is something specific that is…  Read More >

I’ve been a fan of the Farnam Street blog by Shane Parrish for the past 4-5 years.  One of his Principles is “Thoughtful Opinions Held Loosely”. This is based on what Paul Saffo introduced as “Strong opinions, weakly held” concept. Bub Sutton (who wrote Good Boss, Bad Boss) wrote about…  Read More >

The stage of growing sales revenue from $10M to $100M is really exciting.  I’ve had experience in this sales revenue range at 3 companies: AppAssure – we went from $10M to $25 Million in sales around the acquisition by DELL Acronis – we went from $19 Million to $100+ Million…  Read More >

A VP of Sales must operationalize a process for all the Sales Managers to conduct assessments of the Opps in the Pipeline during an Opp Review meeting and check for “Red Flags”.  Otherwise you get a lot of “UFOs” (i.e. “Unlikely & Failing Opportunities”) that you just don’t want or…  Read More >

The sales function at any company is very complex. A successful sales organization is the result of many variegated factors which are directly affected and also indirectly influenced by the sales leaders of those organization (i.e. a EVP or VP of Sales or the CRO – the executive who is…  Read More >

As part of the complete CHAMP System – I will be publishing my internal slide decks that I’ve used to build teams and develop them – it includes the following: CHAMP Selling Methodology Training CHAMP Sales Process – Engineering an Effective Sales Process CHAMP Sales Leadership & Sales Coaching CHAMP…  Read More >

I was recently talking to a CEO of a SaaS company that has recently hit $10M+ in ARR and is on the way to $20M, then hopefully $50M and a $100M. This is the similar growth trajectory I had seen at AppAssure (which went from even less than $10M to…  Read More >